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Today, on almost every front page of a newspaper, from small towns in Arkansas to the biggest cities in the nation, same-sex couples are featured prominently, and headlines report that the United States Supreme Court has struck down bans on marriage between same-sex couples.

On Thursday, July 11, Judge Carmen Lucía Rodríguez Díaz, a civil judge in Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia, issued a 5-page ruling where she declared that a gay couple can legally marry in the South American country.

This week, on Wednesday July 10, Kristen Welch and Jenna Lockwood took action with the Campaign for Southern Equality's WE DO campaign by applying for a marriage license at the Pearl River County Courthouse in Mississippi.

Today at a press conference in Philadelphia's National Constitution Center, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced that she will not be defending the PA state statute that prohibits same-sex couples from marrying.

In the past 2 weeks, since the United States Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional Section 3 of DOMA, many legal organizations have looked to build off of the victory's momentum by filing state lawsuits seeking the freedom to marry and challenging state marriage amendments and bans.

A new poll released today finds that 60 percent of New Jersey residents support the freedom to marry for same-sex couples. That's on par with many recent polls in the state, which demonstrate consistently that it's time for marriage in New Jersey.

In a new video interview, Jeff and Paul reflected on their momentous week. "It was just such an amazing week because our lives changed in such a profound way, as well as thousands of others," Jeff said

This month, four awesome LGBT-owned and operated companies are sponsoring a crowd-funding campaign to raise money for Freedom to Marry, the campaign to win marriage for same-sex couples nationwide. Donate today!

Corri Planck and Dianne Hardy-Garcia are just one of the loving same-sex couples whose lives were dramatically impacted last month when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and restored the freedom to marry to California. Here, they reflect on the impact of the rulings.

Today, with two victories at the Supreme Court continuing to contribute fresh momentum in moving marriage forward, Freedom to Marry unveiled the next steps in the national strategy to win the freedom to marry across the country through 2016.

In just a few days, the Campaign for Southern Equality - an organization dedicated to winning equal rights for LGBT people in southern states - will set off on Stage 5 of its "We Do" campaign, where same-sex couples request marriage licenses and provoke denials in their hometowns across the south.

Freedom to Marry was the campaign to win marriage nationwide. With the Supreme Court victory on June 26, 2015, the work of this strategic campaign – though not the larger movement – was achieved, and Freedom to Marry wound down its operations, closing in early 2016. For inquiries, please email legacy@freedomtomarry.org.